This is forwarded with permission from a non-COOK List member. She'd like to know her ancestors, & I thought maybe one of you could help. (Also, her info on the history of oil in California sounds interesting.) Carol De Priest Tucson, AZ >Resent-Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 07:18:39 -0800 (PST) >Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 07:26:26 -0800 >From: Ken &Toni Cannon <k-t.cannon@worldnet.att.net> >X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) >Old-To: SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: oil drilling >To: SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/3177 >X-Loop: SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: SOCAL-L-request@rootsweb.com > >Nancy Howard, >My line is the Cook's of Robert Madison Cook. There was a story written >on his life as an oil man by F.J. McCollum of the Record Paper of >Coalinga in Dec 1964. It is quite a lengthy article and includes a >photo of Robert Cook at 90 years old. It tells some of the history of >oil in California starting in 1896 to 1950. Robert Cook Sr. and Robert >Cook Jr. developed the Kern oil fields in 1906. I would be willing to >share this with those interested. >Toni Smith-Cannon >k-t.cannon@worldnet.att.net > > > Carol De Priest <http://members.xoom.com/SandSurfer/home.htm> *** check it out - work in progress ***

>Resent-Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 18:26:42 -0700 (PDT) >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 18:23:14 -0700 >From: Sunni Bloyd <sunni@mail.cnetech.com> >Reply-To: sunni@mail.cnetech.com >Organization: SunStrike >X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; U) >Old-To: SWEDEN-L@rootsweb.com, Sunny Smith <smiths@wserver.arc.losrios.cc.ca.us>, > pjrowell@jps.net, NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com, > Nancy Vigran <tbycatacres@lightspeed.net>, > janet mcdonld <bizaara@juno.com>, George Feaver <GCFEAVER@aol.com>, > Coleen Power <Caliopecjp@aol.com>, Carl J Bradshaw <cjbrad@svpal.org>, > Cara Witte <CaraWitte@aol.com>, BLOYD-GROUP-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Humor: The census-taker's understudy >To: NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/30981 >X-Loop: NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: NORCAL-L-request@rootsweb.com > >HUMOROUS LINKS: Peter W Bond <peter.bond@lineone.net> writes: >"I bought an old book dated 1888 by Artemus Ward. It was about >his great adventurist journey across the United States with his >travelling show. One chapter is regarding the Census. Read on." > >The Sences taker in our town bein taken sick he deppertised me to >go out for him one day, and as he was too ill to giv me >informashun how to perceed, I was consekently compelled to go it >blind. Sittin down by the road side I drawd up the follerin >list of questions which I proposed to ax the peple I visited: > Wat's your age? > Whar was you born? > Air you marrid, and if so how do you like it? > How many children hav you, and do they sufficiently resemble > you as to proclood the possibility of their belongin to any > of your nabers? > Did you ever hav the measels, and if so how many? > Hav you a twin brother several years older than yourself? > How many parents have you? > Do you read Watt's Hims regler? > Do you use boughten tobacker? > Wat's your fitin wate? > Air you trubeld with biles? > How does your meresham culler? > State whether you air blind, deaf, idiotic or got the heaves. > Do you know any Opry singers, and if so how much do they > owe you? > What's the average of virtoo on the Ery Canawl? > If 4 barrils of Emptins pored onto a barn floor will kiver it > how many plase can Dion Boureicault write in a year? > Is Beans a regler article of diet in your family? > How many chickins hav you, on foot and in shell? > Air you aware that Injianny whisky is used in New York > shootin galrys instid of pistils, and that it shoots > furthest? > Was you ever at Niagry Falls? > Was you ever in the Penitentiary? > State how much pork, impendin crysis, Dutch cheeze, > popler suvrinty, standard poetry, childrens' strainers, > slave code, catnip, red flannel, ancient histry, pickled > tomaters, old junk, perfoomery, coal ile, liberty, hoop > skirt, &c., you av on hand. > >But it didn't work. I got into a row at the fust house I stopt to >with some old maids. Disbeliven the answers they giv in regard to >their ages I endevered to open their mouths and look at their >teeth, same as they do with hosses, but they floo into a vilent >rage and tackled me with brooms and sich. Takin the senses >requires experiunse, like any other bizniss. > > * * * * * >-- >Sunni Bloyd >CaGenWeb County Coordinator--Fresno, Glenn & Kings Counties >http://www.compuology.com/cagenweb/fresncty.htm >http://www.compuology.com/cagenweb/kingscty.htm >http://www.compuology.com/cagenweb/glenncty.htm >JonJan Felines--American Shorthair & American Wirehairs >http://www.cheta.net/connect/cat/gallery/JonJan/default.htm > > > Carol De Priest <http://members.xoom.com/SandSurfer/home.htm> *** check it out - work in progress ***

I am searching for any background on the following Cook ancestor. Will share what I have. Kay Withers Descendants of JOSEPH THOMAS COOK Generation No. 1 1. JOSEPH THOMAS2 COOK (JOSEPH1) was born 1843 in GRANT CO., and died 1936 in GRANT CO.. He married SADIE ANNESS May 16, 1879 in GRANT CO., daughter of ALEX ANNESS and POLLY HAMMONS. Notes for JOSEPH THOMAS COOK: THIS "JOSEPH" OR "THOMAS" COOK WAS MARRIED THREE TIMES. HE HAD THREE SETS OF CHILDREN. BY HIS FIRST WIFE HE HAD CHARLIE, JOSEPH AND????. BY OUR ANCESTOR, HIS SECOND WIFE SADIE ANNESS, HE HAD MARY EVALINE , HATTIE, AND GEORGE. BY HIS THIRD WIFE HE HAD TALTHA, THOMSIE, AND MARGARET. Children of JOSEPH COOK and SADIE ANNESS are: i. HATTIE3 COOK, m. JOHN RACE. ii. GEORGE COOK, m. OTERIA CRAWFORD. iii. MARY EVALINE COOK, b. July 17, 1882, GRANT CO. KENTUCKY; d. September 23, 1937, HARRISON C0. KENTUCKY; m. WILLIAM LEWIS HATCHER, January 27, 1898, GRANT CO. KENTUCKY. Notes for MARY EVALINE COOK: OBITUARY Mrs. Mary E. Hatcher died yesterday morning, shortly after midnight at her home on Walnut Street after an illness of five weeks. She was born in Grant County on July 17, 1882 and was a daughter of the late Thomas and Sadie Cook. She was married to William Lewis Hatcher who survives with the following children: Orla Hatcher, Dayton, Ky., Mrs. Mason Richardson, Washington, D.C., George, Mrs. Hugh Moses, Orville, Mrs. Cecil Jett, William, Howard, Virgil, Millard and Robbie Hatcher, all of Cynthiana, One brother and one sister also survive, George Cook of Harrison County, and Mrs. John Race of Grant County. The following half-brothers and sisters also survive: Charles Cook, Grant County; Johnny Cook, Cincinnati; Mrs. Charles Estes, Madisonville, Ohio, Mrs. Raymond Perkins and Mrs Fred Driscol, Norwood, Ohio, and Taltha Cook of Lexington, Ky. Mrs Hatcher was a member of the Church of God in this city. Funeral services conducted by Rev. S. F. Williams will be held at the Smith-Rees Funeral Home Saturday afternoon, September 25, at 2:30 o'clock. Burial in Battle Grove Cemetery. Notes for WILLIAM LEWIS HATCHER: OBITUTARY William Lewis Hatcher, 65, was found dead in his bed Sunday morning at his home on Mill Street, in this city, death being attributed to a heart attack. Born September 14, 1874, he was the son of the late Jack and Elizabeth Hatcher. He married Mary E. Cook, who preceded him in death on September 23, 1937. Surviving children include George, Orville, William,Jr. , Howard, Virgil, Millard, and Robert Hatcher, Mrs. Cecil Jett and Mrs. Hugh Moses, all of this city; Orla Hatcher, Owenton, Ky.; Mrs. Mason Richardson, Washington, D.C. Surviving brothers and sisters are Joe Hatcher, Georgetown, Ky., Ferd Hatcher, Detroit, Michigan, and Mrs. Fannie Simpson, Illinois. Deceased was a member of the Christian Church. Funeral services were held at the Smith-Rees Home Tuesday afternoon, at 2: 30 o'clock with Rev. S.F. Williams in charge. Burial was in Battle Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers were Holton Richey, Melvin Jenkins, Ralph Hayes, Robert Whalen, Victor Varner and Orville Fowler.

I found an Andrew Cook, head of household, age 24 Janey Cook, sister, age 26 Jeff P. Cook, brother, age 18 in Ballard Co, KY in 1880 census - does anyone know where they fit? does anyone have a 1870 Ballard Co, KY census book for a look up? Could this be my long lost Jefferson Davis Cook - born ca 1861? died 1916 Ballard Co, KY? thanks Pat

Good evening everyone! I will be updating the Cook web pages at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/4375/cookmain.html once a week and promise to share lots of new things each week. By Sunday, I will post all the Obion Co, Stewart Co, Henry Co, and Weakley Co, TN Cook information that I can find. I'll also have a few more family pages to add. If you have any additional census information from KY or TN that you would like to add to this pages (especially west KY) - I'd love to add it! Pat

Also...Jennie & Wesley Cook had 2 daughters - Carol & Ruth. Ruth lived in WV and had 7 children. Jennie & Ellen Kerr had 2 brothers named Bob & Sam (Sam's wife - Ethel) again I don't have a surname for these siblings. Thanks Again...any information would be appreciated. GSR

I am posting to this site in the hopes of finding information on my grandmothers cousin. I am looking for any information on Jennie & Wesley Cook. Last known address is in Carrington, ND abt 1969. I also have reference to a son - Archie. Jennie had a sister Ellen Kerr. I do not know their maiden surname. I estimate Jennie & Wesley to be born around 1889 as this is the date of Ellen Kerr's birth. Any information would be appreciated. I would also like to take the time to let everyone know how much I have enjoyed being a subscriber to this list. Even though I am not a direct descendant of any Cook's (at least as of yet) this list makes me wish I was. I have found the postings to be informative, humurous and helpful. Thanks for allowing me to share this site - G. Richardson

To Millie >From Helen Austin I am also searching for a George KOCH b 1831-32 in Germany who came to the USA. Is there any change yours was in Allegheny Co, PA on the 1880 census ? I have a record for a George living in the Tarentum-Natrona Area, with a wife, Barbra KALLENBAUGH of Baden. and several children. No Henry b before 1880 is shown. George has a George, Charles, Caroline and Amelia. Any chance that we are looking for the same family ? I have a Charles Alexander COOK b 1864 in Natrona and I am thinking this George could be the right one to be his father. Also there is a declaration of intention to become a citizen filed in the Western PA Dist Ct. for a George COOK b 1832 Bavaria, Germany. respond to; Helen Austin, AustinART@aol.com

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Thanks, Lisa --------------4A311A18363D Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from mail6.bellsouth.net (mail6.bellsouth.net [205.152.96.6]) by mail.mco.bellsouth.net (8.8.8-spamdog/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA14633 for <LClevers@mco.bellsouth.net>; Thu, 18 Mar 1999 01:02:28 -0500 (EST) Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by mail6.bellsouth.net (8.8.8-spamdog/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA07400 for <LClevers@bellsouth.net>; Thu, 18 Mar 1999 01:02:22 -0500 (EST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA10781 for owner-COOK@lists.rootsweb.com; Wed, 17 Mar 1999 22:03:03 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 22:03:03 -0800 (PST) X-From_: srhodes@mvcc.com Wed Mar 17 22:03:01 1999 Received: from bl-3.rootsweb.com (bl-3.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.19]) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA10735 for <COOK-L-request@bl-14.rootsweb.com>; Wed, 17 Mar 1999 22:03:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.mvcc.com (mail.mvcc.com [198.109.121.2]) by bl-3.rootsweb.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id VAA15527 for <COOK-L-request@rootsweb.com>; Wed, 17 Mar 1999 21:57:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from sheldon.mvcc.com ([198.109.121.149]) by mail.mvcc.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 release (PO205-101c) ID# 0-44185U1000L2S100) with SMTP id AAA285 for <COOK-L-request@rootsweb.com>; Thu, 18 Mar 1999 01:05:55 -0500 Message-ID: <00b501be7104$b59fa8e0$95796dc6@sheldon.mvcc.com> From: "Sheldon Rhodes" <srhodes@mvcc.com> To: <COOK-L-request@rootsweb.com> Subject: A question Old-Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 01:01:03 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 X-Diagnostic: Unprocessed X-Envelope-To: COOK-L-request Hi Family, I have a question for you. Below is the family of John Cook who is back in my Rhodes family tree. My question is this, is this Captain James Cook? Of course not you say, the names are not the same. I know that, but there seems to be some who think it is the same man? Do any of you know? I do know that I am to be related to Captain James Cook too. If this is not the same guy, I still need to find that link. Please respond to my e-mail address below. I'm not sure I am on the "Cook" list. Thanks, Sheldon Rhodes srhodes@mvcc.com Direct Descendants of John COOK 1 John COOK b: Abt. 1730 Westminister, London, England d: England Number of children: 1 .. +Elizabeth GURNEY b: Abt. 1732 London, England d: England m: Abt. 1749 Number of children: 1 ..... 2 John (First Settler) COOK b: Jun 28, 1752 Westminister, London, England d: Nov 21, 1832 Age at death: 80 Number of children: 5 ......... +Nellie Goodall PEMBERTON b: Abt. 1754 Scotland d: 1812 Wyoming Cty. Va. -Now W. Va. m: Abt. 1773 Age at death: 58 est. Number of children: 5 ............. 3 Natalie COOK b: Abt. 1774 Refer Pg. 4, D.A. Turner's Genea. of Floyd Cook Family. d: ............. 3 Thomas COOK, Sr. b: Jul 27, 1776 Virginia d: 1854 Wyoming Cty. W. Va. Age at death: 77 est. Number of children: 11 ................. +Margaret "Ellen" RIGGANS b: May 4, 1782 State of Delaware. d: Apr 1850 Near present day Oceana, W. Va. m: Abt. 1800 in Giles Cty. Va. Age at death: 67 est. Number of children: 11 Father: David RIGGANS Mother: Priscilla ODEN ..................... 4 Juda COOK b: 1801 d: Aft. 1850 Age at death: 49 est. Number of children: 8 ..................... 4 William (Doby) COOK b: 1804 d: 1895 Age at death: 91 est. Number of children: 11 ......................... +Chloe BAILEY b: 1809 d: 1861 m: Abt. 1826 Age at death: 52 est. Number of children: 8 Father: James BAILEY, Sr. Mother: Margaret STINSON ............................ 5 James Bailey COOK b: 1827 d: Aft. 1880 Age at death: 53 est. Number of children: 6 ............................ 5 Juliette COOK b: Sep 8, 1828 Logan Cty. Va. d: May 25, 1897 Oceana, W. Va. Age at death: 68 Number of children: 11 ............................ 5 Thomas G. COOK b: 1831 ............................ 5 Martha "Mattie" COOK b: Nov 15, 1833 d: Apr 6, 1913 Age at death: 79 Number of children: 7 ............................ 5 Lewis Alderson COOK b: Mar 15, 1836 Wyoming Cty. W. VA. d: Aft. 1900 Age at death: 63 est. Number of children: 5 ............................ 5 Sarah COOK b: 1839 Number of children: 4 ............................ 5 David Judson COOK b: May 18, 1844 Wyoming C. Va. (Refer NOTES Page) d: Aug 8, 1917 Oceana, W. Va. Age at death: 73 Number of children: 4 ............................ 5 Cynthia J. COOK b: 1852 Number of children: 3 ................................ +Alexander ROSE b: 1852 m: Mar 27, 1875 Number of children: 3 .................................... 6 David Judson ROSE b: 1877 .................................... 6 Benton ROSE b: 1880 d: Abt. 1910 Age at death: 30 est. .................................... 6 Ollie Mae ROSE b: 1885 ............................ *2nd Husband of Cynthia J. COOK: ................................ +LeRoy Floyd COOK b: 1849 m: Jun 19, 1897 Father: Elliott H. COOK Mother: Rebecca CANTERBURY ..................... *2nd Wife of William (Doby) COOK: ......................... +Jane LOCKHART b: Dec 16, 1831 d: Aft. 1880 m: Apr 4, 1872 in Wyoming County, W. Va. Age at death: 48 est. Number of children: 3 ............................ 5 Cora COOK b: 1874 ............................ 5 Oliver COOK b: Jan 28, 1876 d: Oct 21, 1944 Age at death: 68 Number of children: 5 ............................ 5 Bilton COOK b: 1878 ..................... 4 David Judson COOK b: 1805 Tazewell Cty. Va. d: Aft. 1870 Toney Fork, W. Va. Age at death: 65 est. Number of children: 12 ..................... 4 Priscilla COOK b: Jan 18, 1807 d: Dec 27, 1891 Age at death: 84 Number of children: 10 ..................... 4 John D. COOK b: 1811 ..................... 4 Robinson COOK b: 1812 d: Aft. 1889 Age at death: 77 est. Number of children: 12 ..................... 4 Thomas COOK, Jr., Esq. b: 1814 d: Aft. 1880 Oceana, W. Va Age at death: 66 est. Number of children: 5 ..................... 4 James Wilson COOK b: 1817 d: Aft. 1900 Age at death: 83 est. Number of children: 17 ..................... 4 Malinda COOK b: 1820 d: Aft. 1880 Age at death: 60 est. Number of children: 9 ..................... 4 Mary R. COOK b: May 30, 1823 d: Aug 19, 1864 Age at death: 41 Number of children: 10 ..................... 4 Nellie COOK b: 1826 ............. 3 John (Old Jack) COOK, Jr. b: 1778 Shenandoah Cty. Va. d: 1858 Wyoming Cty. W. Va. Age at death: 80 est. Number of children: 8 ............. 3 William COOK b: Jun 7, 1784 Montgomery Cty. Va. d: Aug 10, 1853 Oceana, Wyoming Cty. W. Va. Age at death: 69 Number of children: 13 ............. 3 James COOK,Sr. b: Jul 31, 1786 Montgomery Cty. Va. d: Sep 11, 1864 Wyoming Cty. W. Va. Age at death: 78 Number of children: 13 ..... *2nd Wife of John (First Settler) COOK: ......... +Anne KEATLEY b: 1775 Monroe Cty. Va. (now W. Va.) d: Aug 29, 1853 Raleigh Cty. Va. (now W. Va.) m: Jun 28, 1813 in Monroe Cty. Va. (now W. Va.) Age at death: 78 est. Sheldon Rhodes Everything works. Nothing hurts. 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Are there any Australian or Canadian COOKs out there? I have COOKs, U.S., Australia and Canada!!! Annie Australia Descendants of Lyndell Faith Wasson 1 Lyndell Faith WASSON 1950 - . +Glen L. COOK Abt. 1950 - .... 2 Wade Anthony COOK .... 2 Neidi Amanda COOK

Hi All. This came today so I'm passing it on to you. This site is worth making a book mark and checking it out from time to time to see what's new. Ellie USGENWEB CENSUS PROJECT ARCHIVES: CENSUS TRANSCRIPTIONS. Here is just a sampling of the many transcriptions added in the past week. Be sure to check often ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/ because you never know when the very record you have been hoping for will suddenly materialize. KANSAS. 1860 Butler County ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/ks/butler/1860/ KANSAS. 1860 Madison County Index ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/ks/madison/1860/ KANSAS. 1860 Nemaha County Index ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/ks/nemaha/1860/ TEXAS. 1850 Brazos County ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/tx/brazos/1850/ TEXAS. 1850 Panola County Mortality Schedule ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/tx/panola/1850/ TEXAS. 1850 Panola County Slave Schedule ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/tx/panola/1850/ VIRGINIA. 1850 Botetourt County (partial) ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/va/botetourt/1850/ VIRGINIA. 1850 Morgan County ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/va/morgan/1850/ USGENWEB ARCHIVES. CENSUS IMAGES ALABAMA. 1880 Lamar County http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/lamar/census/1880/ ALABAMA. 1870 Sanford County http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/sanford/census/1870/ COLORADO. 1870 Arapahoe County http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/co/arapahoe/census/1870/ KENTUCKY. 1850 Breckinridge County http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/breckinridge/census/1850/ MISSOURI. 1900 Randolph County http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mo/randolph/census/1900/ MISSOURI. 1910 Randolph County http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mo/randolph/census/1910/ MISSOURI. 1920 Randolph County http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mo/randolph/census/1920/

Subj: Sarah Cooke Date: 3/17/99 8:11:03 PM Pacific Standard Time From: DeGregoryG To: Cook-L@rootsweb.com I am looking for any information on Sarah Cooke birth 1769 Rhode Island? Married Job Greene birth 1769 Rhode Island Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Ginger

Hi All... I'm passing this on to you. I hope it answers your questions as to when it will open. I went to this site and you can look around at a lot of things.. Ellie Hello Fellow Researchers, I have been bombarded with questions on the Family Search Website and would like to pass on to you the information I received when I spoke to an "Official" Church spokesperson at Family Search. He advised me of the following: The OFFICIAL LDS Church website is LDS.ORG. Go to media resources and find News update. The church is posting updates as they come in as to the state of the family search. Within 3 or 4 minutes of the NEWS UPDATE ANNOUNCING the FAMILY SEARCH is online. They will post it THERE! SO Keep checking. Should be a couple of days. It will be a MASSIVE SITE. They are prepared to test this site using anyone who wishes to go to it and use it. THERE WILL BE NO PASSWORD TO ACCESS IT. The rumor about the password was incorrect. When the site was put up it was restricted to a few....about 100 people who designed it and are putting the finishing touches on it, someone there LEAKED, YES LEAKED, (AN EMPLOYEE) and that is why some of you got in. When the masses bombarded the site it crashed cause it was not finished. They have now given each worker an INDIVIDUAL PASSWORD, SOOOOO IF it gets leaked again they will know who did it. It has been postponed being put online a few days because of the crash. There are now about 12 popular stories going around about Family Search. I ASSURE YOU MINE CAME FROM A CHURCH SPOKESMAN. IF you pass information about the site on to others please just send them this message I have sent you. The whole message. Now please remember this: 1. Go to LDS.org 2. Find Media Resources 3. Check News Updates That will inform you when it is going online. Please notify everyone you know who will be interested. I hope this helps you all. You have my permission to pass this note on to any Genealogy Lists you wish. Again, Please pass the whole note not just sections of it or we will have more rumors. >>

You don't mean Pocahontas, do you? Her father was Chief Powhatan. m >From: "Anita Gauld" <anita_gauld@hotmail.com> >To: COOK-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [COOK-L] Pochauntas >Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 15:27:41 PST > >In one of the later chapters in Evangelina (Lina) Cooks book 'Sunshine >and Shadows', she mentions that Chief Hauntas (father of Pochauntas) was >her mothers great-great grandfather. Lina's mother is Anna Jane >Hockett. Has anyone come across this name in their research? Or is >anyone researching Pochauntas and her father? Thanks in advance for any >help anyone can give me. >:) >Anita >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Anita (nee: Merlo) Gauld >Anita_Gauld@Hotmail.Com >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Have over 20,000 individuals in my database. >Willing to do quick look-ups. >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Tracing surnames: Bellisario..Berardo..Blake..Bonner >Carpenter..Chromie..Cook..Cucco..Cunningham..Dey..Eovaldi..Gauld >Gianella..Gnoli..Loomis..Marek..Marlow..Merlo..Mitrovich.. >Monelli..Newton..Ottolini..Pisoni..Puricelli..Travato..Wright >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >WEB SITES: >Family: http://www.GeoCities.Com/Heartland/Bluffs/1314 >Reunion: http://www.GeoCities.Com/Heartland/Village/1315 >Trees: >http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/g/a/u/Anita-L-Gauld/index.html >Surnames: http://www.mccserv.com/genealogy/gauld/gauld.htm >~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >QUERIES: >Post: >http://www.geocities.com/cgi-bin/geoplus_apps/ans_entry >View: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/1314/geobook.html >~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >E-Mail: Anita_Gauld@Hotmail.Com > agauld@mhc.net (Munson Medical Center)Work > agauld@gtii.com (please send attachments here) >~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Contact me by web pager: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/2318786 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > As long as we are Remembered we Never die >A life is not lost when it is known to future generations > > > > > >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

I'd like to find somebody who is interested in this branch of the Cook family: Elizabeth Emery Wells Tweedle Cook was born 8 August 1882 in Coatbridge, Scotland. Her father was William Cook (born 24 June 1856 in Threpsikes, Saline, Scotland) and her mother was Margaret or Maggie TWEEDLE (born 17 October 1859 in Scotland) Elizabeth, or Lizzie as she was called by her family, married Richard Elmer SHAW on 27 August 1898 in Aguilar. Their children were born in Colorado. Annie 1899 Fern 1901 Margaret 1902 William J. 1904 Ray and Roy (twins) 1907 Marybelle 1909 Elmer Richard 1911 John 1915 Elizabeth Emery 1920 Ruth Gertrude 1923 Joy Katherine 1924 Fern was my grandmother. Anybody out there related to me? Bobbalee

This is the last Cook listed at the Kansas GenWeb site for Bios. http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1918ks/bioc/cookeas.html Ellie Anson S. Cooke HON. ANSON S. COOKE. A resident of Kansas during a period of forty-five years, a pioneer of the prairies of Mitchell County, and for twelve years a member of the State Senate, Hon. Anson S. Cooke is well and favorably known in various parts of the commonwealth, and particularly so at Topeka where he now is living in retirement. During his long and useful career he has risen from poverty to affluence and from obscurity to prominence, and while engaged steadfastly and successfully in the promotion of his personal interests has also contributed to the welfare of the state which has so long been his home. Senator Cooke was born August 13, 1849, in Lake County, Illinois, a son of Daniel G. Cooke. The family is of Quaker stock, with all the sterling characteristics of that creed, and originated in this country in New England, from whence came David Cooke, the grandfather of Anson S. David Cooke was an early settler of Oneida County, New York, arriving there at a time when the country was still new and wild game abundant, the bears being so numerous that it was almost impossible to raise livestock with any degree of success. Senator Cooke says that he has frequently heard his grandfather tell of driving them out of his hog pen. Daniel G. Cooke, father of the senator, was born in 1822, in Oneida County, New York, and was married in 1845 to Miss Mary Lavina Simonds, a daughter of D. J. Simonds. Mr. Simonds was for some years a well-known farmer of Lake County, Illinois, but later moved to Wisconsin, after having been the original owner of the land on which now stands the City of Zion City, Illinois. In 1860 Daniel G. Cooke moved to Eastern Iowa, where he lived during the Civil war period, and in 1865 took his family to near Maitland, Holt County, Missouri, where he passed the remaining years of his life and died in 1875. He and his wife were the parents of five children namely: Anson S.; Albert, who is farming near Beloit, Mitchell County, Kansas; Franklin, who is living at Shelley, Idaho; Walter, who is also a farmer in Mitchell County, Kansas; Edwin John, who is in the mercantile business at Palo Alto, California; and Mary, who is Mrs. William Hunter, of Maitland, Missouri. Anson S. Cooke received his education in the schools of Lake County, Illinois, in Eastern Iowa, and in Holt County, Missouri, and was reared as a farmer. He came to Kansas in 1872 and settled near Beloit, Mitchell County, locating a homestead on the southeast quarter of section 25, township 8 south, range 8 west, in Center Township, and there experienced the many vicissitudes that are part of the life of the pioneer, but through hard work and perseverance accumulated 600 acres of land and in doing so always maintained a reputation as an honorable citizen and straightforward man of business. He retired from farming in 1910 and moved to Topeka, where he bought a handsome and modern home at 1912 Lincoln Street. The people of Jewell and Mitchell counties recognized his worth and general qualifications, as well as his sterling integrity, and after sending him to fill many minor offices, elected him a member of the State Senate, in which he served for twelve years, there being an intermission of four years in his service in that body. Senator Cooke was known as one of the hard-working members of the Upper House, did much for his constituents as well as his counties and the state during the time he belonged to the Legislature, and for many years had the friendship and respect of many of the leading public men of Kansas. He still takes a keen interest in public affairs and is a helpful factor in the promotion of public-spirited movements. He was elected to the legislature as a populist but at the present time is a democrat. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was one of the very early and active prohibitionists of the state. Mr. Cooke was married to Miss Catherine E. McMillan, a daughter of Michael McMillan, who brought his family to Mitchell County, Kansas, in pioneer days from Pennsylvania. Michael McMillan was of Scotch-Irish antecedents and became a well known and respected farmer and esteemed citizen in Mitchell County. Mr. and Mrs. Cooke became the parents of five children, namely: Clarence, whose death occurred in 1906; Louis, who is engaged in merchandising; Wilbur W., who is engaged in farming in Center Township, Mitchell County; Edgar R., who is connected with the Western Electric Company, at Chicago; and Esther Maria, who married Nelson Logan. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, copyright 1918; transcribed 1998.

Kansas GenWeb http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1918ks/bioc/cookww.html Wylie White Cook WYLIE WHITE COOK. During a period of more than thirty years, Hon. Wylie White Cook has been almost constantly before the people of Kansas as the incumbent of public positions, and that he still retains in marked degree the confidence and respect of Kansans is evidence of his worth, fidelity and integrity, for the duties of the various offices which he has held have in nearly every case directly affected the welfare of the community. In Mr. Cook's case it has almost invariably been a case of the office seeking the man, for with but one exception in his long career his election or appointment has come to him without solicitation on his part, a fact which makes his record all the more remarkable. Mr. Cook, who has been a resident of Kansas since July 1, 1881, and is now living at Topeka, was one of three children of Levi and Margaret (White) Cook, and was born at Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana, July 1, 1859. The family of which Mr. Cook is a member originated in Scotland, from which country the progenitors came to America in 1640. On the journey to this country, the father died and was buried at sea, and the mother, with several children, established the family in the East, from whence it scattered to Pennsylvania and North Carolina. It is from the latter branch that Wylie W. Cook is descended. His grandfather, Isaac Cook, was born, reared and married in North Carolina, and although of good old Quaker stock and a disbeliever in war was a member of a patrol regiment in the American army during the War of 1812. In 1826, Isaac Cook struck out for the untamed West, his children riding in the wagon, while he and his wife walked the entire distance to Indiana. Long before they had reached the Western Reserve they found the country sparsely settled, and as they came further and further toward the setting sun they were more and more frequently harassed by Indians and endangered by wild beasts. However, they eventually reached their new home in Henry County, Indiana, where they built a rude log cabin in the wilderness, cleared a farm after years of hard labor, and rounded out lives of usefulness which were characterized by honest labor and helpfulness to their neighbors that won them the respect and esteem of their community. Levi Cook, father of Wylie W. Cook, was born in 1832, in Henry County, Indiana, six years after his parents' arrival. Although other settlers had commenced to arrive, the country was still wild and unpromising, and his boyhood was passed in helping his father to put the land in readiness for planting. His education was limited to attendance at the district schools, the primitive ones of his day, but in after years he became a man of broad general information, and of prominence in his community. For a number of years he served as county commissioner by popular vote of the people, was county assessor for a long period, and also acted as justice of the peace for many years. His home was at Noblesville, the county seat of Hamilton County, and there his death occurred. Mr. Cook was highly respected in his community as a man of sterling qualities and strength of character, a devout Christian, and an active worker in the movements founded by the Methodist Church. Wylie White Cook received his education in the district schools of Hamilton County, Indiana, which he attended for three months each winter, the greater part of the remainder of the year being given to assisting his father in the cultivation of the home farm. He was thus engaged until he was sixteen years of age, when he received his teacher's certificate, and took charge of the school which he had himself attended. After two years spent as an educator, he turned his attention to mercantile lines, becoming a clerk in a dry goods store at Noblesville, and while there was married February 19, 1879, to Miss Mary L. Sanders, a native of Indiana. They became the parents of five children, of whom four are living: Minnie, who is the wife of R. S. Holding, of Cuba; Alberta L., of Honduras, auditor of the United Fruit Company; Lois M., wife of F. N. Moseley, connected with the United Fruit Company, at Port Antonio, Jamaica; and Edith, the wife of George L. Maltby, of Trenton, Missouri. In July, 1881, Mr. and Mrs. Cook moved to Kansas and located in Labette County on a farm, where they remained until 1884, in which year Mr. Cook was appointed by the county commissioners to the office of assistant county clerk. In the following year he was elected county clerk by vote of the people and held that office for two years, following which he was again nominated but met with defeat at the hands of the Farmers Alliance Party. During this time he was located at Oswego, and at the expiration of his term of office he became outside representative for the Deming Investment Company, a capacity in which he acted for two years. From that time forward until 1895 he acted either as deputy county clerk or deputy county treasurer, and in January of the year mentioned was appointed by the late Hon. George E. Cole to the post of assistant state auditor, with headquarters at Topeka. After two years in this capacity he returned to his Labette County farm (which he still owns), and remained there until his reappointment to the office just mentioned, January 1, 1899 by Mr. Cole. He remained in that office until 1901, when he became interested in the purchase and sale of bonds, and in 1902 helped to organize and was elected treasurer of the Banking Trust Company, of Kansas City, Missouri, one of his associates being John W. Breidenthal. Mr. Cook was treasurer of this, the pioneer trust company of the state, until 1907, when he retired to become a special accountant, being engaged in this work until he was appointed, in 1909, to the post of chief of police of Kansas City Kansas, by Mayor Guyer, under whose administration he served. Two years after retiring from that post, he was appointed commissioner of elections for Kansas City, by Governor Stubbs, and held this office until January 1, 1913, when he resigned to accept the position of assistant state treasurer under Earl Akers. He is now state treasurer. Mr. Cook is pardonably proud of the fact that aside from the office of county treasurer in Labette County, his various official positions have been tendered him, and he has never on any occasion with this exception sought office. His services in his various positions have been singularly free from criticism, even by members of opposing parties, and his record will bear the closest inspection. Mr. Cook is a member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery of the Masonic order; of the Modern Woodmen of America and the Ancient Order of United Workmen, of Oswego; of the Loyal Order of Moose, of Topeka; and of the Improved Order of Red Men, of Kansas City. He has always been a loyal adherent of republican principles. He belongs to the First Methodist Church, as does Mrs. Cook, who takes an active and prominent part in religious and charitable work. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, copyright 1918; transcribed 1998.

Perry E. Cook PERRY E. COOK has for more than twenty years been one of the principal carpenter contractors and builders of Topeka. His work and skill have been particularly exemplified in some of the finer residences of the city, and a large clientage have always felt a peculiar degree of assurance when any contract was entrusted to the firm of Cook & Son. The firm has also handled a great deal of the better class of repair and remodeling contracts. A resident of Kansas for thirty years, Perry E. Cook was born in Boone County, Indiana, December 12, 1859, a son of Oscar and Charity (Wiley) Cook. His father, who was a native of Cayuga County, New York, was a farmer. After living for many years in Boone County, Indiana, he moved to Appanoose County, Iowa, in October, 1877, but after three years returned to Indiana and established his home in Hendricks County where he lived until his death on March 1, 1912. He was a republican, and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His wife, who was born in Russellville, Kentucky, died in Indianapolis in August, 1915. She was a member of the Christian Church. Reared on a farm, Perry E. Cook acquired his knowledge of books and literary learning through the district schools of Boone County, Indiana, and the grade schools of Royalton, Indiana. With an inclination for the handling of tools, he early turned his attention to the trade of carpenter and followed it as a master workman in various places in Iowa for seven years. In June, 1886, just thirty years ago, Mr. Cook arrived in Topeka, and worked at his trade as a journeyman until October, 1889. He then entered the Santa Fe Railway shops, where he remained about five years, and from that took up the business of contracting, the business he has followed ever since. His offices since 1906 has been at 110 West Sixth Avenue, and prior to that time they were at 117 West Fifth Street. Mr. Cook owns a substantial home at 911 Highland Avenue, where he has resided for twelve years. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and in politics an independent republican. He has a fine family, and some of his sons are now associated with him in business. On December 25, 1884, at Marshalltown, Iowa, he married Aranda Conger, who was born in Peoria County, Illinois, October 31, 1861. When she was about nine years of age her parents, W. P. and Mary Hann Conger, who were natives respectively of Virginia and Illinois, moved from Peoria County to Marshalltown, Iowa, where the father still resides. He has always been a farmer, and is a veteran of the Union army during the Civil war. He is a republican and his wife a Methodist. Mr. and Mrs. Cook's four children were all born in Topeka: Wilbur O., a carpenter and associated with his father; Blanche M., wife of R. A. Showers, a carpenter; Perry E., now deceased; and Herbert W., who is in the insurance business. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, copyright 1918; transcribed 1998.

Another Kansas GenWeb Cook. http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1918ks/bioc/cookje.html J. Edward Cook J. EDWARD COOK. Judicious and legitimate has been the advertising policy that has been utilized in the exploitation of the King Ni-Ko system for the cure of the tobacco habit, and the basis of this advertising has been proved efficacy and definite results. The system of treatment accomplishes all that is claimed for it and this fact constitutes the best of the commercial assets on which has been developed the extensive and beneficent business enterprise of which the popular and progressive proprietor is the well known citizen of Wichita whose name initiates this paragraph. Mr. Cook was born in Keokuk County, Iowa, on the 13th of November, 1864, and after having profited by the advantages of the public schools he continued his higher studies in turn in Pleasant Plain Academy, at Pleasant Plain, Iowa, and Grillett Academy, at Glen Elder, Mitchell County, Kansas. After due preparation he was ordained a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his first pastoral charge was in Jewell County, Kansas. He later filled various pastorates in two circuits of the Northwest Kansas Conference, and finally he went to Carlsbad, New Mexico, where for a few months he had charge of the Methodist English mission. Thereafter he was engaged for some time in characteristically vigorous and effective evangelistic service, and he next assumed the position of superintendent of a magnetic healing institute at Centerdale, Iowa, from which place he was later transferred to a similar office in connection with the magnetic institute at East Dubuque. Illinois. After severing this alliance Mr. Cook gave further evidence of his executive ability and versatile resourcefulness by serving as a traveling salesman until 1901. In the meanwhile, with an earnest desire to aid tobacco-users in freeing themselves from the dominion of the narcotic, he devoted much time to scientific research and experimentation for the purpose of evolving a tobacco cure worthy of the name. The result was that unequivocal success attended his benignant efforts, and in 1901 he established his residence at Wichita and began the manufacture and sale of the Ring Ni-Ko System, which embraces a definite system and provides for essentially individualized treatment. Within its history of about fifteen years this company, of which Mr. Cook is the executive head, has given treatment in cases numbering between 40,000 and 50,000, and where the system was conscientiously followed the percentage of cures has been the full maximum - that is 100 per cent. The well equipped establishment of the company is situated in rooms in the building at the corner of Seneca Street and Douglas Avenue, Wichita, and concerning the Ni-Ko System the following pertinent statements are worthy of reproduction in this connection: "Probably of all tobacco cures, Ni-Ko is one of the best known. The cure has been sold in every civilized part of the world. The company is deluged by testimonials from grateful patients. During the time that Ni-Ko has been manufactured in Wichita hundreds of other so-called cures have been heralded, but they have come and gone. They lack the legitimate fundamentals that have been included in the manufacture of Ni-Ko. Many of them claim to be a cure in every case with the same treatment. Ni-Ko is a system. Every individual case is treated differently. This is but one phase in which Ni-Ko is different from others. Investigation will prove that it is not a mere cure-all, gotten up for the money, but a legitimate product that has undergone the test of time and will do all and more than its makers claim for it." On the 15th of April, 1913, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Cook to Miss Lillian Lane, of Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs. Cook is a niece of the distinguished American artist, the venerable A. M. Willard, who acquired fame through the production of the now well known and often re-produced historical and patriotic painting known as "The Spirit of '76." The late Rev. Edward C. Cook, the venerable father of the subject of this review, was one of the revered citizens of Wichita. He devoted the years of a significantly long and active career to service as a minister of the Society of Friends; he died at the age of seventy-four years, in 1916, and his wife, whose maiden name was Amy Sharpless, likewise was a minister of the Friends' Church, of which she was a birthright member. This gentle and gracious woman was about sixty years of age when she was summoned to the life eternal, and her memory is revered by all who came within the sphere of her influence. She was a daughter of Dr. Septimus Sharpless, of Philadelphia, and a sister of Evi Sharpless, who was the founder of the Jamaica mission established under the auspices of the Society of Friends at Jamaica, West Indies, where he conducted the mission many years. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, copyright 1918; transcribed 1998.

>From the Kansas GenWeb http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1918ks/bioc/cookjb.html J. B. Cook COL. J. B. COOK. In all Southeastern Kansas there is no better known figure than Col. J. B. Cook of Chetopa. For more than forty years he has been recognized as one of the old and reliable and standard real estate dealers. He was one of the pioneers in Labette County, and lived on and improved a claim there before taking up his present business. He is not only an interesting character because of his long and honorable record in business, but for a life of varied service and experience. Many who know him well in real estate circles have only such knowledge of his early career as is reflected in his title of colonel. That is by no means a complimentary title. It was won by the hardest kind of fighting service in the Civil war. He has spent most of his life on the western frontier, and is one of the few men who knew the exciting life of California in the days following the discovery of gold there. His friends and business acquaintances by the hundred will appreciate even the necessary brevity of a review of his life as given in the following paragraphs. Jeremiah B. Cook was born in Lancaster County Pennsylvania, at Pleasant Grove, June 22, 1834, and has already passed his eighty-second birthday. His ancestors were English people who emigrated to Pennsylvania in colonial times, and were of the old Quaker stock of that province and state. His grandfather William Cook, was born at Warrington in York County, Pennsylvania, was a Quaker farmer, and died at Pleasant Grove. Colonel Cook's father, Allen Cook was born at Warrington, York County, in 1808, and died in Lancaster County in 1847, while the Mexican war was still in progress. He was a farmer, an old line whig, a Quaker, and among other activities was a director of the schools in his locality. He married Rachel K. Brown, who was born at Goshen in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1810. Her father, Jeremiah Brown, who died in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, served as a member of Congress during Harrison's administration. He was a whig, and owned a large farm in Lancaster County. Mrs. Allen Cook died in Labette County, Kansas, in 1885. There were a number of children. Edwin, the oldest, died in California at the age of twenty-three, having been one of the early seekers after gold in that state. The second in the family is Colonel Cook. Anna Mary, who died in 1914, and is buried at Chetopa, married Capt. J. J. Slaughter, who served as first lieutenant in the One Hundred and Thirteenth Illinois Infantry during the Civil war, afterwards became a farmer in Labette County, Kansas, and is also deceased. William, the fourth child, is now a retired resident of Oswego, Kansas, was for three years a soldier in the Second Colorado Cavalry during the Civil war and served two terms as sheriff of Labette County. Charles is a retired farmer at Strawn, Kansas. Henry C. lived for a number of years at Vinita, Oklahoma, where he was cashier in a bank, and died in North Missouri. Julia, the seventh and youngest child, died at the age of eleven years. Colonel Cook received his early education in the public schools of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and spent the first fifteen years of his life on his father's farm. With a disposition that craved excitement, and with the wonderfully stimulating events then going on in the western part of the United States, he could not quietly bide at home but ran away to seek such adventure as came in his path. It was in April, 1849, he left his home in Lancaster County. He was then fifteen years of age. His first experience was on the canals of Pennsylvania, and he boated on several of these thoroughfares during 1849-50. He then crossed the mountains to Pittsburg, became a flatboatman, traveled down the river to Louisville and Cincinnati, and at the age of seventeen, in the fall of 1851, went as a flatboat hand as far as New Orleans. In the fall of 1852 after an absence of several years, he returned to his father's home and spent the next year in managing the farm. In November, 1853, Colonel Cook went out to California by way of the Nicaragua route. He was then nineteen years of age. He spent three years in the Far West mining and herding cattle, and he is one of the few survivors of that time who can relate from personal recollection the episodes of California experience such as have been painted by Bert Harte and others writers of the time. When he returned to the states in 1856 it was by way of the Isthmus of Panama, and he paid $48 in gold to secure transportation across the isthmus. A brief residence in Pennsylvania, and he was again in the West. In April, 1857. he arrived in Kansas City, or what is now Kansas City, since the metropolis of that name could hardly have been said to have existed in that year. He went by boat up the river to Jefferson City. which was then the western limit of the Missouri Pacific Railway. Colonel Cook lived in Kansas City until March, 1860. He bought a property on what is now Grand Avenue and owned it until the spring of 1860. He had a prominent part in the border war between Missouri and Kansas. He was a free state man but attended one of the meetings which the Missourians held for the organization of a company to go into Kansas and drive out the Yankees. Colonel Cook says that he passed a very critical examination. By his extensive experience in the West and South he was a master of the Missouri dialect, and could answer all questions regarding county officers in Jackson County, where he claimed that he was "bohn and raised." He was able to recall the sheriff's name because he had seen that official sell some niggers. The meeting which he attended was held at Nevada, Missouri, and he would surely have been hanged had his motive for attending it or joining the company been known. In 1860 Colonel Cook went to Illinois, where his mother had bought a farm in Tazewell County. While there he bought 160 acres of prairie land, and began the converting of it into a farm. He was thus engaged when the war broke out in 1861. Then followed the intensely interesting chapter of his military experience. In September, 1861, he went as a private into the Fourth Illinois Cavalry, Company H. He was afterwards promoted to corporal and later to sergeant in that company. He was with his regiment under General Grant at Fort Henry, Tennessee, and there had command of twenty men comprising the extreme advance guard of the army. He was at the head of this little company and was the first Union man to ride into Fort Henry, where he pulled down the Garrison flag within 400 yards of the rebel infantry who were moving out of the fort. Colonel Cook has among his prized trophies of a long life this flag. With his little squad of followers he pursued the rebels, passing a twelve pounder Napoleon gun which was mired down, and he soon afterwards picked up the silken banner of the Tenth Tennessee Infantry. He was also in the four days fighting around Fort Donelson, was actively engaged both days at Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing, and within a year after his enlistment was promoted to second lieutenant of Company F in the Fourth Illinois Cavalry. On account of the illness of his captain and the absence of the first lieutenant he commanded this company in every engagement for about a year after September, 1862. During that time he and his company captured more Confederates than any other company in the command. On one occasion he and his men charged Company B of the Third Texas Cavalry, captured eight of them after a three-mile chase, Colonel Cook having only fifteen men on this brilliant excursion. During the siege of Vicksburg he was engaged in raiding the country around, and before going into Vicksburg captured 200 cars and sixty engines at Grenada, Mississippi. When the Third United States Colored Cavalry regiment was organized at Vicksburg, Mississippi, Colonel Cook was promoted to major of that command, and as the colonel soon afterwards became a brigade commander and as there was no lieutenant colonel he had active command of the regiment in every engagement except one. This negro regiment was officered by men every one of whom had a fighting record in the Fourth Illinois Cavalry, being non- commissioned officers who proved worthy of every promotion conferred upon them. While commanding this regiment of colored cavalry, Colonel Cook continued his notable record. On March 5, 1864, at Yazoo City, Mississippi, he fought and defeated Gen. L. S. Ross' Brigade of Texas Rangers, comprising the Third, Sixth, Ninth and Twenty-eighth Texas Cavalry. He and his men charged with drawn sabres the Holmes Louisiana Battery at Woodville, Mississippi, October 5, 1864, and captured the guns, officers and men. On November 27, 1864, came another notable exploit. He captured the Big Black River bridge on the Illinois Central Railroad about fifty miles north of Jackson, Mississippi. He made this charge with his men dismounted and they had to face the fire from a stockade fort on the opposite bank of the river and on both sides of the railroad track. For this gallant exploit he was made lieutenant colonel by a general order of the War Department No. 303. That was the only order of that kind issued by the war department during the year 1864. There are almost countless incidents in Colonel Cook's experience as a soldier which might be related. Three different times he led charges against the famous Texas Rangers, and twice he captured some prison In May, 1865, Colonel Cook was made brigade commander at Memphis, Tennessee, of the Third Brigade Cavalry Division District of West Tennessee. This brigade comprised the Fourth Illinois Cavalry, the Third United States Colored Cavalry and the Second Wisconsin Cavalry, altogether 2,300 men. That promotion came to him when he was not yet thirty-one years of age. Colonel Cook served with these different regiments for nearly a year, and was finally mustered out on January 26, 1866. After the war he spent a year managing a cotton plantation of 800 acres eighteen miles north of Memphis, Tennessee. He then went back to Illinois and undertook the improvement of his 160 acre farm at Delavan. He was successfully identified with its management for several years, until there came a strong and insistent call for him to go to Kansas. In the fall of 1870 Colonel Cook arrived in Labette County, and in the following spring located at Chetopa. Here he bought 320 acres ten miles west of Chetopa, improved that as a farm, but since the fall of 1873 has lived in Chetopa and since 1874 has been engaged in the land and loan business. Colonel Cook is the type of man whom everyone implicitly trusts. He has therefore not only gained a worthy success, but has rendered a splendid service in the real estate field. He has been the friend both of the investor and the borrower, and though more than a million dollars have been loaned through his agency there has never been recorded a loss of any importance. In the past ten years it has never been necessary for him even to make a foreclosure. It is not strange therefore that hundreds of the best pieces of property in Southeastern Kansas have been listed with Colonel Cook. Colonel Cook owns an attractive residence on Maple Street and Seventh Street in Chetopa, and also the Cook Building at the corner of Fourth and Maple streets, where he has had his offices for more than thirty years. He traded a part of his old homestead in Labette County for this business property. His career has been prominently identified with the civic growth and material development of Southeastern Kansas. For seven years he served as an efficient mayor of Chetopa. He was in two sessions of the Kansas Legislature, in 1885-86. Colonel Cook was one of the projectors of the Missouri Pacific Railroad through Chetopa, and was first vice-president of the company which built that branch of the road. He is a class leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church, is a prohibitionist in politics, and was the first commander of Post No. 27, of the Grand Army of the Republic. At one time, he was also president of the Neosho Valley Investment Company. Fraternally he is affiliated with Chetopa Lodge No. 27, Ancient Order of United Workmen, and with Chetopa Lodge of the Knights of Pythias. In November, 1871, in Decatur, Illinois, Colonel Cook married Mrs. Hannah (Pitts) Prosser. She died in a hospital at Omaha, Nebraska, in December, 1892, and is buried in Chetopa. Colonel Cook has no children by his first marriage. In September, 1894, at Chicago, Illinois, he married Miss Rose Dorland, a daughter of Nathan Dorland, now deceased, who was a farmer at Bartlett in Labette County. Colonel and Mrs. Cook have two children: Harry D., who is a stenographer for the secretary of the Prairie Pipe Line Company at Independence, Kansas; and J. B., Jr., who is a stenographer for the Western States Cement Plant at Independence. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, copyright 1918; transcribed 1998.